Till the end, he remained a friendly, accessible soul. How will history judge him? Kindly, I think, because his brilliant work will remain, long after the controversies.
Section: India | Friday, June 10, 2011 1:25 IST
The one common strand has been their perception of India as a vast, chaotic and mostly exotic country, at once comfortable in its amazing diversity and uneasy in managing its contradictions.
Section: Lifestyle | Sunday, January 24, 2010 0:00 IST
The idea of Mumbai is the same as the idea of India — secure in its myriad identities except when one seeks to upstage another.
Section: Analysis | Wednesday, December 30, 2009 22:44 IST
In this media-driven world, sleaze, scandal and private lives are now fair game.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, December 29, 2009 22:18 IST
The average Indian from the urban middle class does not have much to do with the police, or rather does not want much to do with the police.
Section: Analysis | Sunday, December 27, 2009 0:46 IST
Larsson's Sweden is a place where the government turns a blind eye while powerful scamsters bilk the exchequer.
Section: Analysis | Saturday, December 19, 2009 22:22 IST
Nasreen Munni Kabir has emerged as an indefatigable chronicler of popular Hindi cinema.
Section: Entertainment | Sunday, December 13, 2009 1:09 IST
People of the new Telangana state, as and when it will be formed, will see TCR and others as martyrs.
Section: Analysis | Sunday, December 13, 2009 1:02 IST
The Greek word for the people is ‘demos’, whence the word democracy, rule by the people. Ergo we can conclude that democracy is rule of the vulgar masses. QED.
Section: Analysis | Saturday, December 5, 2009 21:41 IST
Consider Kalyan Singh, a man who has made a career out of flip-flops. When he was the UP CM, he couldn’t stop the Babri Masjid demolition.
Section: Analysis | Sunday, November 29, 2009 0:38 IST
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